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IRANIAN oil workers have launched a campaign calling on the government to recognise independent trade unions following a groundbreaking meeting in Tehran last month.
Under pressure from wildcat strikes and protests, the Ministry of Labour met workers’ representatives from the Union of Metalworkers and Mechanics of Iran (UMMI) to try to resolve the lengthy dispute.
Workers are urging the administration of President Ebrahim Raisi to formalise the arrangement and bring industrial relations in Iran in line with global standards.
Tehran retaliates with attacks on Israel, the Gulf Arab states and crude oil flows
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (Codir) welcomes demonstrations across Iran, which have put pressure upon the theocratic dictatorship, but warns against intervention by the United States to force Iran in a particular direction
The Islamic Republic is attempting to deflect from its own failures with a scapegoating campaign against vulnerable and impoverished migrants, writes JAMSHID AHMADI
